As global demand for energy grows and prices rise, a city's energy consumption becomes increasingly tied to its economic viability, warns the author of The Very Hungry City. Austin Troy, a seasoned expert in urban environmental management, explains for general readers how a city with a high...

This text argues we're not going to solve the energy problem by convincing everyone to live like it's 1900 because that's not a good thing. Instead of reverting to the past, we have to build a future where we get energy from new places, use it in new ways, and do more with less. Clean coal?...

Ausgangspunkt des Impulspapiers von Manfred Linz und Gerhard Scherhorn ist ihre Feststellung, dass alle Energieszenarien bis 2010 unter einer Überschätzung der technologischen Lösungen litten. Die Szenarien gingen davon aus, dass das Klimaziel auch bei unveränderter Steigerung der...